Global Justice Academy

First they came...

First they came for the communists,

and I did not speak out - because I was not a communist;

Then they came for the socialists,

and I did not speak out - because I was not a socialist;

Then they came for the trade unionists,

and I did not speak out - because I was not a trade unionist;

Then they came for the Jews,

and I did not speak out - because I was not a Jew;

Then they came for me -

and there was no one left to speak out for me.

Pastor Martin Niemoller, First they came.